Sátántangó
Sátántangó is very long. It has 3 things in common with the Lord of the Rings: length; a great deal of walking; & it is a masterwork of cinema.
Read more "Sátántangó"Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin is the oldest film on the list. By Sergei Eisenstein is the first film from this list that I had watched previously.
Read more "Battleship Potemkin"Man with a Movie Camera
Typically, whenever I am reading a review or commentary about a piece of art, regardless of format, I will immediately stop reading as soon as someone write, “____ would not be the same today without ____.” That said, film would not be the same without Man with a Movie Camera.
Read more "Man with a Movie Camera"Playtime
One hundred and twenty-four minutes of brilliantly choreographed sight gags. Frankly, I am not entirely sure what else I could say.
Read more "Playtime"Bicycle Thieves
Bicycle Thieves, without question, both deserves to be on this list as much as it deserves to be much higher on the list.
Read more "Bicycle Thieves"La Dolce Vita
One hundred percent of all the films I have seen with “Vita” in the title have left me feeling a little worse for wear and I mean that is the best way.
Read more "La Dolce Vita"La Jetee
La Jetee is a 1962 short-feature science fiction, time travel, film by Chris Marker.
Read more "La Jetee"In the Mood for Love
In the Mood for Love is a film by Wong Kar-wai made in the year 2000 that focuses on the lives of two married couples that live in the same apartment building.
Read more "In the Mood for Love"Rashomon
Strip away historical importance and you are left with a psychological courtroom drama.
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Who am I? Why am I watching this? Is the film itself broken before it begins? Or is that me? Why will nothing fit properly? Is death bleeding me? Or life? Will this begin before it ends?
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